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SI Joint pain and how Posture Alignment Therapy helps

6/21/2024

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The sacroiliac joint is a common site of lower back pain, especially if your lower back pain is on one side of your lower back. Sacroiliac joint pain is sometimes referred to as sacroiliac joint disfunction, sacroiliitis, or SI joint pain and you might have been diagnosed with synovitis, capsulitis, or enthesitis or may have been told your SI joint is stuck or hypermobile. 

You may experience it as lower back pain, typically on one side, that is a sharp pain, a dull ache, a stuck feeling, or feelings of numbness, tingling, or tightness of the lower back and pain in your buttock, groin, or inner thigh. Movement or prolonged sitting or standing might increase symptoms and you may feel like your leg/hip is going to give out due to weakness, instability, or pain. 
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The SI (sacroiliac) joint is the joint where the bottom of the spine, the sacrum, meets each side of the pelvis, or ilium.
You have two SI joints, one on each side of your lower back where the bottom of your spine, the sacrum, meets your pelvis, or ilium.

​SI joint pain is almost always experienced on one side of the lower back at a time. Any SI joint pain or dysfunction is due to an imbalance in the position or movement between your two hips or sides of your pelvis. Correcting this imbalance with posture alignment therapy can eliminate your SI joint pain. 

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Sciatica - what causes it and how you can eliminate it with posture alignment therapy

6/13/2024

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Sciatica is literally a pain in the butt (and down the leg). If you've had sciatica you know how painful it can be, and I've had it and it hurts. 

The great thing about sciatica is that it's pretty easy to figure out the cause and to fix it. Most sciatica is only on one side of the body, which means it is caused by a hip disparity.

(If you have sciatica, you are often diagnosed with a bulging or herniated disc, ruptured disc, degenerative disc disease, stenosis, scoliosis, or piriformis syndrome. These are all symptoms of your body not moving correctly, and if you are experiencing sciatica from any of these problems, the underlying cause is still a hip disparity.)

A hip disparity basically means one hip is in a different position than your other hip, or one hip is moving differently than your other hip. This can show up in several ways: 
  • elevation - one hip or side of your pelvis is higher than the other
  • rotation - one hip or side of your pelvis is rotated forward compared to the other
  • tilt difference - one side of your pelvis is tilted forward or backward more than the other side
  • range of motion difference - one hip has more or less range of motion in flexion, extension, or rotation than your other hip
  • stability - one hip is more or less stable than your other hip

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    I'm an Egoscue certified Postural Alignment Specialist (PAS) and Advanced Exercise Therapist (AET), certified personal trainer, ultra trail runner, mountain biker, dad, music lover, environmentalist, and wanna-be slam dunk champion. I will be providing you with the latest posture exercises to help you live, play, and be pain free.

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